Individual Details

Began his career as a Blacksmith but later owned and operated the Smitherman Buggy Works in East Bend, It was the second largest buggy plant in the area.then with the coming of automobiles, he and his son Robert turned to automotive repair.

Poindexter book has this date for marriage - 10 June 1889 - in 1900 they had been married 16 years so the 1884 year is correct.

1900 Census. East Bend Village, Yadkin Co, NC, Hh 28
Thomas A. Smitherman, b. Oct 1858, 41, married 16 years, Buggy manufacturer
Mattie A., wife, b. Apr 1860, 32, 4 children
Carlie N., son, b. May 1887, 13
Robert, son, b. Apr 1890, 10
Thomas, son, b. Jan 1893, 7
Nettie B., dau, b. Sep 1899, 8 months old

1910 Census. East Bend, Yadkin, NC, Hh 54
Thomas A. Smitherman, 50, married once for 26 years
Mattie A., wife, 42, 6 children - 5 are living
Tommie D., son, 17
Blanche N., dau, 10
Atholl H., son, age 8

NC Death Certificate #473
Thomas Alexander Smitherman died 25 Apr 1927, East Bend, Yadkin Co, NC of apoplexy (stroke). He was married to M. A. Smitherman. Born 15 Jun 1858 in East Bend. A retired farmer. Father listed as A. P. Smitherman; mother unknown. T. D. Smitherman of East Been was the informant (likely his son). Buried Baptist Cemetery, April 27th.

Birth	15 Oct 1858	East Bend, Yadkin County, North Carolina
Marriage	10 Jan 1884	Yadkin County, North Carolina - Mattie Ann Horn
Death	25 Apr 1927	East Bend, Yadkin County, North Carolina

Spouse	Mattie Ann Horn (1867 - 1951)
Child	Carl Neal Smitherman (1884 - 1948)

Father	Abner Perkins Smitherman (1829 - 1912)
Mother	Sarah E. Truelove (1829 - 1868)